CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION v. RAILWAY LABOR EXECUTIVES' ASSOCIATION et al. (1989) - Ballotpedia

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CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION v. RAILWAY LABOR EXECUTIVES' ASSOCIATION et al.

Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1989
Decided: June 19, 1989
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION v. RAILWAY LABOR EXECUTIVES' ASSOCIATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 1989. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1989.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: working conditions
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Union, labor organization, or official of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 491 U.S. 299
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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